LaSalle approves 19 housing units

LaSalle will see 19 new single detached dwelling units built after councillors approved two separate developments Tuesday night.

Fourteen new lots on 1.1 hectares of land along Elsworth Avenue, west of Michigan Avenue, and five new lots on 0.3 hectares of land on the north side of Pope Street, east of Quick Avenue, were given the go ahead. Holding zone symbols will be removed once the development agreements are executed.

Larry Silani, director of planning and development services, said the Pope Street lots are “in-fill” lots and represent the final phase of the Naccarato Investments development in that area.

For the Elsworth Avenue development, council declined to reconsider an agreement, which expired 10 years ago, that allowed Rexwinde Corporation to collect compensation for new development along Michigan Avenue.

Rexwinde vice-president Winson Elzinga requested a condition be placed on the development that would have forced the developer, a numbered Ontario corporation, to “negotiate and pay appropriate reimbursement” for a portion of the infrastructure work Rexwinde did in 1994.

Town solicitor Christine Riley told council that the normal two-year “maintenance period” at the time, that allowed developers to negotiate such a contribution, was extended for Rexwinde to seven years but that expired in 2004.

Riley said Rexwinde is not entitled to receive payment from any property owners in the development area for the costs of additional services constructed as part of the Merrill Avenue subdivision.

Coun. Terry Burns said he wouldn’t support the request, adding that the onus was on Rexwinde 10 years ago to request a further extension from council.

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